Jenna Ellis got reprimanded, but only after getting rich first

Last week, the Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel officially recognized what many already knew: Jenna Ellis, former President Trump’s erstwhile attorney, crossed multiple ethical lines defending his lies about the 2020 presidential election.

Ellis received a public censure. She stipulated to making misrepresentations on national television and Twitter and “undermining the American public’s confidence in the 2020 presidential election.” 

Ellis also received fame, fortune and a career by telling those lies. You can bet that she would make the same tradeoff 100 out of 100 times. So would a lot of other people. It is the terrible juxtaposition of cases like these.

It has been less than a year since the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6…